What's Up Doc... not carrots again!

Melvin Jerome Blanc - Mel Blanc - voice of Bugs Bunny (who worked for Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera studios) was not, as some claimed (itself ironic) allergic to carrots. He just couldn't stand the things.

He said: "I don't especially like carrots, at least not raw. And second, I found it impossible to chew, swallow, and be ready to say my next line. We tried substituting other vegetables, including apples and celery, but with unsatisfactory results. The solution was to stop recording so that I could spit out the carrot into a wastebasket and then proceed with the script. In the course of a recording session I usually went through enough carrots to fill several. Bugs Bunny did for carrots what Popeye the Sailor did for Spinach. How many lip-locked, head-swelling children were coerced into eating their carrots by mothers cooing, "...but Bugs Bunny eats HIS carrots." If only they had known."

Details about Mel can be found at toonopedia.com